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Competitive Position of the Industrial Sector. Q3 2017

In the third quarter of 2017, the Price Competitiveness of Industry Index of the Catalan manufacturing industry with respect to industrialised countries reached a level of 105.8 points, which implies a decline of 1.1 points in year-over-year terms

Dossier: " Els catalans residents a l'estranger. 2017"

Industrial Production Index. December 2017 and 2017. Provisional data

The IPI adjusted by working days grew by 12.5% for the year-over-year variation in Catalonia in December 2017. In 2017, the annual average of the Industrial Production Index also rose by 3.9%, according to provisional data.

Advance of the GDP growth rate. Q4 2017 and 2017

In 2017 as a whole, the Catalan economy grew by 3.4% according to the Advance of the GDP prepared by the Ministry of the Vice-presidency and of the Economy and Finance in collaboration with Idescat.
On a quarter-over-quarter basis, the GDP of the Catalan economy grew by 0.8%.

Population of Catalonia georeferenced at January 1, 2016

Idescat offers georeferenced population data from the Population Register of Catalonia on the 1st of January 2016 with the variables of sex, age, nationality and place of birth, through files Shapefile format with the corresponding methodology in PDF.

Statistics on Campsite Activity. 2017. Provisional data

Active population survey. 2017

The unemployment rate in Catalonia stood at a mean of 13.4% in 2017, with a total of 507,200 unemployed, 14.6% less than in 2016, according to the Labour Force Survey. The number of households with all their active members unemployed totalled 156,700 representing a year-over-year drop of 16.1%.

Statistical nomenclature of population entities in Catalonia. 2017

The Statistical Nomenclature of Population Entities in Catalonia has been updated with the data from the Population Register on the date of January 1, 2017, which enables consultation of all of the population data by sex for the infra-municipal population entities of Catalonia.

Statistics on Rural Tourism Accommodation Activity. Q4 2017

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia increased by 10.6% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to provisional data from the Rural tourism accommodation occupancy survey.

Foreign Trade. November 2017

Foreign tourism Expenditure. December 2017 and 2017. Provisional data

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia decreased by 6.8% on the year-over-year data for December 2017. In 2017 as a whole, this total expenditure increased by 9.6% with respect to 2016, according to provisional data.

Foreign Tourism. December 2017 and 2017. Provisional data

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia decreased by 13.9% on the year-over-year data for December 2017. In 2017 as a whole, the number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 5.0% compared to 2016, according to provisional data.

Statistics on Campsite Activity. Q4 2017

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia increased by 9.2% in the fourth quarter of 2017 on the year-over-year data, according to the provisional data from the Campsite Occupancy Survey.

Figures of Catalonia 2018

Large Store Sales Index. December 2017 and 2017

The Large Store Sales Index at current prices (IVGS) in Catalonia decreased by 1.7% year-over-year data for December 2017. In 2017 the IVGS at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 0.7% in relation to the previous year.

Idescat has published its Customer Service Charter

Idescat is providing its users with a new quality tool: the Customer Service Charter. It contains the main services provided by Idescat, its efficiency and service quality commitments, and the participatory mechanisms to enable users to improve the service.

Retail Trade Indices. December 2017

Active population survey. Q4 2017

Unemployment fell in Catalonia by 79,200 people in the fourth quarter of 2017 with respect to the previous year (-14,2%), standing at 479,200 unemployed people, with an unemployment rate of 12.63%, according to the APS. The number of employed people rose by 113,600 individuals, 3.5% higher than the same period of the previous year, totalling 3,316,200 people. The specific sectors of culture, tourism and ICT grew above the average of Catalonia.

Industrial price index. December 2017 and year 2017. Provisional data

The Industrial Price Index increased by 1.6% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in December 2017. On the other hand, in 2017, Industrial Price Index, in annual average terms, increased by 2.0% with respect to the previous year, according to provisional data.

Statistics on Hotel Activity. December 2017 and 2017. Provisional data

Overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 10.7% year-over-year for the month of December, 2017, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey. In 2017 as a whole, overnight stays in hotel establishments increased by 2.7% in Catalonia according to provisional data from the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate (ADR) at hotel establishments decreased by a year-over-year 5.7% in Catalonia in December 2017 and stood at 83.52 euros. In 2017, the (ADR) increased by 6.6%, while the Revenue per Available Room (RevPar) incresed by 10.8% in comparison to 2016, according to provisional data.

The technical sessions that Idescat has designed for the first semester of 2018 can now be consulted, as well as the schedule of other training and promotional activities in the field of statistics that have been organised to date.

Longitudinal Statistics on Working Lives. 2016

The number of people in Catalonia who had some sort of administrative relationship with Social Security was 5,189,325 in 2016, whether as contributors, pensioners or residents. Of these 3,664,700 were registered for paid employment for at least one day, a figure which is 3.2% less than the previous year.

Industrial Production Index. November 2017

Change to the official name of the municipality of Calonge to Calonge i Sant Antoni

On 21th December, the Official Bulletin of the Government of Catalonia (DOGC) announced Resolution GAH/2899/2017, of 18th December, which ratifies the name change of the municipality of Calonge , which will now be called Calonge i Sant Antoni.

Foreign tourism Expenditure. November 2017

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 937 million euro for November 2017, which represented a year-over-year decrease of 4.2% compared with the same period a year earlier.

Municipal Population Register. January 1, 2017. Official figures

Idescat published official population figures by sex, referring to January 1, 2017, resulting from the revision of the Municipal Population Register, which the Spanish Government has made official by means of Royal Decree 1039/2017, of December 15 published in official state gazette (BOE) number 316 of December 29, 2017.

Foreign Tourism. November 2017

Population estimates. 2017. Definitive data

The resident population in Catalonia as of 1 January 2017 was 7,496,276, according to the definitive data of the Population Estimates. This figure represents an increase of 47,944 people with respect to the year before ( 6.4 per 1,000 persons), confirming the trend begun the previous year.

Tourism in Catalonia of residents in the rest of Spain. Q3/2017

The number of trips to Catalonia by residents in the rest of Spain showed a 1.7% year-over-year decrease in the third quarter of 2017, which meant a total of 1,823,2 trips , 12,071,0 overnight stays, an average stay of 6.6nights and an expenditure of 699 million euros.

Tourism of residents in Catalonia. Q3/2017

The number of trips made by Catalans increased 16.9% year-over-year in the third quarter 2017. People residing in Catalonia made 10,685.2 thousand trips, involving 68,365.2 thousand overnight stays, an average stay being 6.4 nights, and an expenditure of 3,442 million euros.

Publication of journal SORT

Territorial Gross Domestic Product 2015 and 2016 Advance of Municipalities of More than 50,000 Inhabitants

Martorell, with 91,300 euros, was the municipality with the highest GDP per capita in Catalonia in 2015, followed by Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant (76,900 euros) and Castellbisbal (75,000 euros). On the other extreme, beneath the threshold of 10,000 euros per capita, stood Badia del Vallès (5,700 euros) and Santa Margarida de Montbui (8,300 euros).

Structural Business Statistics in the Industrial Sector. 2015

The turnover generated by wholesale trade companies in Catalonia stood at 131,628 million euros in 2015, which represents a 3.4% increase with respect to the previous year, according to the Structural Business Statistics in the Industrial Sector.

Labour Cost Statistics. Q3 2017

Pensions and other Income Maintenance Benefits. Contributory Social Security Pensions. 2016

In 2016, in Catalonia the territorial services of Social Security managed a total of 1,694,430 contributory pensions were received, with an annual total of 22,124 million euros. This economic volume represented more than 10% of the GDP of Catalonia and an increase of 1,55% with respect to 2015.

Indicators of Service Sector Activity. Indexes of Production and Turnover. Q3 2017

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) increased by 6.1% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the third quarter of 2017. Furthermore, the Indicators of Turnover (IASSVN) also showed a 6.3% increased with respect to one year ago.

Foreign Trade according to Technological Content. Q3 2017

Catalan exports of industrial products have increased in all technological levels during the third quarter of 2017 with regard to the same period of the previous year, led by the medium-low content level.

Consumer Price Index. November 2017

Statistics on Pensions. 2016

The number of contributory Social Security pensions collected by residents of Catalonia increased by 6.6% over the period of 2011-2016, reaching a total of 1,668,195 pensions as of 31 December, 2016, according to the Pensions Statistics.

Foreign Trade. September 2017

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Statement on the search ordered by the examining magistrate's court No. 13 of Barcelona at the headquarters of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia Statement on the search ordered by the examining magistrate's court No. 13 of Barcelona at the headquarters of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia.

Industrial Production Index. October 2017

Foreign tourism Expenditure. October 2017

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 1,540 million euro for October 2017, which represented a year-over-year increase of 4.9% compared with the same period a year earlier.

Structural Business Statistics in the Service Sector. 2015

The turnover generated by wholesale trade companies in Catalonia stood at 80,439 million euros in 2015, which represents a 2.1% increase with respect to the previous year, according to the Structural Business Statistics in the Service Sector.

Competitive Position of the Industrial Sector. Q2 2017

In the second quarter of 2017, the Price Competitiveness of Industry Index of the Catalan manufacturing industry with respect to industrialised countries remained basically stable (104.8) with an improvement of one tenth in year-over-year terms.

Survey on ICT Equipment and Use in Households. 2017

85.7% of the population between 16 and 74 years of age in Catalonia regularly used the Internet in the past three months, an increase of 2.9 percentage points over the previous year, according to the 2017 Survey on ICT Equipment and Use in Households.

Seasonal population estimates. 2016

Three of every four Catalan counties registered seasonal population increases in 2015, according to the Seasonal Population Estimates. The county with the highest seasonal population in absolute terms was El Tarragonès, with 53,531 people, the equivalent of annual full time equivalents (AFTE).

Field work on the 2017 Territorial Survey of ICT in Households is underway

The field work of the 2017 Territorial survey of information and communication technologies (ICT) in households is underway. The field work will be performed from 13 November 2017 to the end of the year.

Statistics on Commuting for University Studies. Academic year 2015-2016

In the 2015-2016 academic year, 74.5% of the 154,907 university students living in Catalonia travelled from their municipalities of residence to one of the 23 municipalities where the university education centres are located.

Personal Income Tax. 2015

Statistics on Commuting for Non-University Studies. Academic Year 2016-2017

In the 2016-2017 academic year, there were 1,208,318 student who lived and studied in Catalonia and were registered in non-university education, according to the Statistics on Commuting for Non-University Studies 83.3% of these students studied in the same municipality where they lived.

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Advance of the GDP growth rate. Q3 2017

Catalonia's gross domestic product grew by 3.5%, on a year-over-year basis, during the third quarter of 2017 - according to the Advance of the GDP prepared by the Ministry of the Vice-presidency and of the Economy and Finance in collaboration with Idescat.

Foreign tourism Expenditure. September 2017

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 2,168 million euro for September 2017, which represented a year-over-year increase of 6.3% compared with the same period a year earlier.

Foreign trade. August 2017

Statistics on Rural Tourism Accommodation Activity. Q3 2017

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia increased by 3.5% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2017, according to provisional data from the Rural tourism accommodation occupancy survey.

Large store sales index. September 2017

Statistics on Campsite Activity. Q3 2017

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia increased by 7.8% in the third quarter of 2017 on the year-over-year data, according to the provisional data from the Campsite Occupancy Survey.

Retail Trade Indices. September 2017

Active population survey. Q3 2017

Unemployment fell in Catalonia by 76,900 people in the third quarter of 2017 with respect to the previous year (-13.9%), standing at 475,600 unemployed people, with an unemployment rate of 12.54%, according to the APS. The number of employed people rose by 92,700 individuals, 2.9% higher than the same period of the previous year, totalling 3,316,600 people. The specific sectors of culture, tourism and ICT grew above the average of Catalonia.

Industrial Price Index. September 2017

Companies and Establishments. 2017

The number of companies with establishments in Catalonia was 61,.490 on January 1, 2017, which is 2.1% more than a year earlier, according to the Statistics on companies and establishments produced by Idescat on the basis of the INE's Central company directory (DIRCE). With regard to companies with head offices in Catalonia, the number was 608,981, which represents an increase of 2.1% compared to the previous year.

European Statistics Day 2017

Idescat is joining the celebration of the European Statistics Day (20 October), an initiative led by the European Statistical Advisory Committee, with the support of the European Statistics System and the European System of Central Banks.

Spanish Nationality Acquisition. 2013-2015

28.603 people in 2011 have been granted access to the Spanish citizenship. Foreigners from South America and Central accounted of 70,8% of these grants while foreigners from Africa represents the second largest share of all grants issued (23,3%). The Idescat initiates the diffusion of these statistics by the total of Catalonia and the four provinces.

Foreign Tourism. 2016. Definitive data

Foreign tourism Expenditure. 2016. Definitive data

In 2016 as a whole, the total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia increased by 4.0% and the average daily expenditure person grew a 13.4% with respect to 2015, according to definitive data.

Large store sales index. August 2017

Foreign tourism Expenditure. August 2017

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 2,640 million euro for August 2017, which represented a year-over-year increase of 9.9% compared with the same period a year earlier.

Foreign Tourism. August 2017

Statistics on Household Consumer Expenditures. 2016

The average annual consumer expenditure of Catalan households totalled 30,446 euros per household in 2016, an increase of 0.7% in comparison with the previous year, according to the Statistics on Household Consumer Expenditures.

Tourism in Catalonia of residents in the rest of Spain. Q2/2017

The number of trips to Catalonia by residents in the rest of Spain showed a 15.5% year-over-year increase in the second quarter of 2017, which meant a total of 1,407,500 trips , 6,023,400 overnight stays, an average stay of 4.3 nights and an expenditure of 517 million euros.

Tourism of residents in Catalonia. Q2/2017

The number of trips made by Catalans increased 24.4% year-over-year in the second quarter 2017. People residing in Catalonia made 8,539.5 thousand trips, involving 24,357.9 thousand overnight stays, an average stay being 2.9 nights, and an expenditure of 1,671 million euros.

Pensions and other Income Maintenance Benefits. Contributory Social Security Pensions and other Income Maintenance Benefits. 2016

In 2016, 352.869 people received some of the five Income Maintenance Benefits allocated to specific collectives in emergency situations. This figure entails a 9.0% decrease with regard to the previous year.

Statistics Day of Catalonia 2017

The programme for Statistics Day of Catalonia 2017 is now available. This year's edition will be organised by the Servei d'Estadística Aplicada at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and will take place on 6 October at the Room of Events of the Faculty of Sciences, UAB. Building C, Floor -1.

Social Welfare and Progress Indicators. 2016

For the first time, Idescat is publishing the Social Welfare and Progress Indicators, which show the available significant information on the state and the evolution of welfare and social progress in Catalonia. These statistics were designed by the General Directorates for Budgets and for Economic Analysis at the Ministry of Vice-presidency and of the Economy and Finance, and Idescat.

Labour Cost Statistics. Q2 2017

Migratory Movements.. 2016

In 2016, 230,171 changes of residence from one Catalan municipality to another were recorded, a 5.8% decline with respect to 2015, according to Statistics on on Migratory Movements. 56.5% of the 230,171 internal movements within Catalonia were inter-county movements, resulting in a positive migratory balance for 23 counties and Aran.

Quarterly Accounts. Q2 2017

Indicators of Service Sector Activity. Production Index and Turnover Index. Q2 2017

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) increased by 6.5% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the second quarter of 2017. Furthermore, the Indicators of Turnover (IASSVN) also showed a 6.4% increased with respect to one year ago.

Foreign trade. June 2017

Foreign tourism Expenditure. July 2017

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 2,804 million euro for July 2017, which represented a year-over-year increase of 11.7% compared with the same period a year earlier.